Abstractions In Power-Writing

Independence. These abstractions such as: rights, freedom, liberty and

happiness have become the foundations of American society and have

helped to shape the "American Identity." Power, another abstraction

that reoccurs in all the major parts of the Declaration of

Independence plays an equally important role in shaping "America

identity." One forgets the abstraction of power, because it appears in

relation to other institutions: the legislature, the King, the earth,

and the military. The abstraction of power sets the tone of the

Declaration, and shapes the colonists conception of government and

society. Power in the Declaration of Independence flows from distinct

bodies within society such as the King, the legislature, the military,

The Oxford English Dictionary defines power as, "the ability

to do or effect something or anything, or to act upon a person or

thing" (OED 2536). Throughout the ages according to the dictionary the

word power has connoted similar meanings. In 1470 the word power meant

to have strength and the ability to do something, "With all thair

In the Declaration of Independence the colonists also write about

not so much his manifestation of his power as the power of English

qualities. The colonist's analysis of who has power fascinates. The

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one

with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the

hands of the King and good in the hands of civil authorities

condemn the King's violation of powers given by god to all men.

Because the colonists philosophical break with England was over the

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